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Engaging Science Teachers in the Wider World of Science
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This chapter focuses on how secondary science teachers can remain connected—as professionals—to science and scientists. It features four programs designed to do this, all based on a similar rationale, namely, that…
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Science Teaching Elsewhere: Spotlight on Finland
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The United States competes with graduates from other countries. In this chapter, the authors pose the question: What can we learn from their systems, particularly with regard to science teaching as a profession? The…
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Empowering Science Teachers to Lead
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For too long, teachers have allowed others to make work-related decisions for them. Science teachers need to see themselves as the key to the success of the educational enterprise. This chapter provides the first steps…
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Understanding Force and Motion
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The objects will not change position from their initial rest positions because the downward force on each side of the pulley (ignoring the weight of the string) is the same and the net force on each side of the pulley…
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Understanding Floating and Sinking
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand floating and…
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand solutions. The…
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Understanding Chemical Changes
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand chemical changes…
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand living things.…
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Understanding Life Processes in Plants
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand life processes in…
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Understanding Interactions of Living Things
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand interactions of…
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Understanding Temperature and Heat
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand temperature and…
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand heat travel. The…
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Understanding Static Electricity and Magnetism
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand static electricity…
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Understanding Current Electricity
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand current…
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Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand pressure. The…
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